The international law of energy / Jorge E. Viñuales, University of Cambridge.
2022
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Title
The international law of energy / Jorge E. Viñuales, University of Cambridge.
Imprint
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022.
Copyright
©2022
Description
xcvi, 476 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series
Cambridge studies in international and comparative law (Cambridge, England : 1996) ; 164.
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction
Energy in international law
Foundational approach : international energy transactions
Ad hoc approach : joint development of hydrocarbons
Ad hoc approach : hydroelectricity, offshore wind, pipelines and electricity transmission lines
Centralised approach : nuclear energy
Centralised approach : producer/consumer, promotion and regional cooperation organisations
International law and the energy transformation
Conclusion.
Energy in international law
Foundational approach : international energy transactions
Ad hoc approach : joint development of hydrocarbons
Ad hoc approach : hydroelectricity, offshore wind, pipelines and electricity transmission lines
Centralised approach : nuclear energy
Centralised approach : producer/consumer, promotion and regional cooperation organisations
International law and the energy transformation
Conclusion.
Summary
"There are many drivers of the epoch-defining environmental crisis that the biosphere - and humankind as part of it - faces today, as we embark on the critical 2020-2030 decade. The main one, by many accounts, is the reliance by one species, humans, on a certain form of energy, derived from fossil fuels, as the backbone of their modern conception of 'civilisation'. Burning fossil fuels is not only at the roots of the environmental crisis, but at the foundations of how humans produce shelter, heat, food, transportation and most of their cultural products, including technology. From the narrow lenses of the social practice we call international law, energy may appear as a sub-topic, alongside so many others. In reality, international law is but one aspect of a wider order shaped, since the dawn of the so-called 'Industrial Revolution' in the late XVIII Century, by fossil fuel energy. Rather than a mere 'branch' of the narrow social practice of international law, it is international law which is an aspect of an energy order, a historical socio-technical regime. This socio-technical regime is, however, not like its predecessors. The fossil fuel-based order has come to encompass, by its Earth-shaping effects, the entire biosphere, including humanity. And we now understand that it challenges a much more profound layer of 'regulation', a resilient but threatened biospheric balance that was, for centuries, taken for granted"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Available in Other Form
Online version: Viñuales, Jorge. International law of energy Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022
Call Number
K3981 .V56 2022
Language
English
ISBN
9781108415835 hardcover
1108415830 hardcover
9781108402422 paperback
1108402429 paperback
9781108235273 electronic publication
1108415830 hardcover
9781108402422 paperback
1108402429 paperback
9781108235273 electronic publication
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